devour

Definition

  • verb: to quickly eat all of (something) especially in a way that shows that you are very hungry
  • verb: to eat up greedily or ravenously
  • usually used as '(be) devoured'
  • synonyms: destroy, annihilate, waste

Examples

  • He watched intently, 'devouring' the scene before him with his eyes.

  • She 'devoured' every golf magazine she could find.

  • The forest was 'devoured' [='consumed'] by fire.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You do what you think is right. You do what you have to do. Mia. "The Devil preys on the weak and the vulnerable. Seeking to devour their souls... To perform incantations... Spilling the blood of kin. Spilling the blood of an innocent." But how do I stop it? Hey. (..)
    2014 Annabelle